New Story of Lv Bu

"This wait is a hundred years. After a hundred years of recuperation, the Yueshi people have plumped up, and at the same time, cruel internal struggles have followed. After the emperor Yan Gaozhen put down the internal strife, he focused his attention. He arrived at the Indo-Parthian kingdom, which was unstable internally. He conquered the northern part of Hindustan, infiltrated the Sek people into central Hindustan, conquered Kharizmah, annexed Sistan, and the country was greatly expanded. The kingdom of the Yue people has never been more powerful. The end of life is coming to an end, and the history of the Guishuang Empire begins."

"During this period, in addition to the soldiers of the Yue clan, the Guishuang people have undoubtedly integrated the Greeks and Sek people into their military system. According to the diary of Lord Kang, this period is about one hundred. Years ago, at that time, there were Greek heavy infantry and Sek archers in the Guishuang army. These words were all spoken from the Guishuang nobles."

"After this, the Guishuang people began to cooperate with the Indo-Greek rulers in the area. They used some non-war methods, such as marriage, becoming a vassal, or an autonomous region with certain powers to bring the Ganda The Luo area is in the bag. It can be said that the Guishuang people succeeded in conquering Hindustan, the Indo-Parthian kingdom established by the Sek people was conquered, and the remaining Indo-Parthians stepped back to the west. He became a vassal of the Parthian Empire."

"It seems that everything is on the right track. The Indo-Parthians were beaten back to rest and were no longer able to initiate a new resistance. In the Guishuang Empire, many Greeks and Sek people were also integrated. The political and military system of the empire. However, the new Guishuang Empire is not as smooth sailing as the rulers expected. After the external pressure disappears, the internal contradictions are revealed like fish in a dried-up pond. Because of this. The distribution of benefits was unfair, and a new civil war broke out within the empire."

"After several years of melee, Kasaka, located in the southern Indian region, has become the new head of the empire and the new emperor. This emperor who worships the Buddha is also a master with a strategic vision. He knows It can be seen that the towering Hindu Kush Mountains can easily divide the territory of the empire into two halves, which is conducive to the growth of separatism and civil war."

"The Seleucid-Peacock Empire confrontation, the North-South confrontation in Bactria, and the Guishuang North-South Civil War that followed were all good evidence. So he took the initiative to move the capital to Peshawar today. In this way, you can rely on the rich Punjab region and get closer to the north. It must be explained that the foundation of Emperor Kagaseka I is in the northwestern part of Sindustan. This kind of action means'the emperor guards the gate of the country'. In the emperor In the hands of King Gai Sejia I, the Guishuang Empire began to truly become a powerful nation. The key to this was his powerful control over the empire, and he carried out thorough military reforms."

Having said that, Old Sanjie took out paintings depicting war scenes from the bookcase beside him, and unfolded them one by one in front of Lu Zheng. "These paintings were all painted in the last few decades, and they were acquired by Lord Kang Hou as a work of art. They clearly and completely depict the various arms of the Guishuang Empire, and their tactics and formations are vividly displayed. It’s very detailed."

"This is probably one of the important responsibilities of Lord Kang Hou? My father was just a small Wuyuan prefect at the time. He actually had such great ambitions? How dare to take out all of his property and fund it. This long journey of Lord Kang Hou? It's unbelievable to say it!" Lu Zheng turned over the lifelike paintings one by one, but asked with some doubts in his mouth.

"This is also what the old slave is most interested in. What made your father determined to organize such an expedition that was laborious for the people and money? The old slave once talked about this with your mother, Princess Adele. The original words of Princess Adele. It's like this:'Sangjie, Fengxian is a male lord born every five hundred years, just like the Emperor Wu of the Han family. You never know what he is thinking in his heart. The only certainty is that he has already thought of it. Five hundred years later. For such a man, your only choice is to follow him, don't half-hearted, don't doubt! One day, you will follow him to the end of the world!'"

"The old slave kept these words in his heart. With Princess Adele's wisdom, she might have guessed some, but she eventually rotted the secret in her belly. Look at it fourteen years later, your father Indeed, I thought of everyone in front of them. Without the Westward journey of Lord Kang, we would not have such a clear understanding of the Guishuang Empire today! This is only the Guishuang Empire, as well as Daqin, Egypt, and Rest! Kang! Hou Ye is really the best spy in a thousand years. His success is not accidental. Only Lu Fengxian dares to use Kangmanty, and only Kangmandy can take on these tasks. What are they relying on?"

"It's faith! Only faith can make the two of them so firm." Lu Zheng clenched his fists with both hands and said loudly. There was a scorching light in his eyes. With his cleverness, he should have guessed something faintly, but he did not say it after all, but chose to let them rot in his stomach. "Sanjay, let's go ahead and let me understand everything as soon as possible!"

"Brother, I will definitely surpass you, father, I will definitely surpass you!" Lu Zheng secretly said in his heart.

"Because they have had a lot of contact with the Sek before, the Yue people have discovered the importance of armored cavalry. The Sek cavalry has always been famous for being heavily armored. Hundreds of years ago, the Sek in the Persian army The cavalry nearly defeated the right flank of Alexander's army. The Sek's weapons included a special pointed hammer, which was undoubtedly the weapon needed to break heavy armor."

"Sek people are wearing very distinctive scaly armor. At the same time, their contact with Iranian Stan also introduced the fashionable weapon of hoop handguards. A hundred years ago, the Yue people began to have heavy cavalry. The equipment of the Yue’s heavy cavalry is undoubtedly a replica of the Sek. The horses and men are all wearing heavy armor, and the iron armor wraps the horse’s cavalry tightly from head to toe, even the fingers are no exception, from this point of view , Da Sima-your father-really has a unique eye. Such heavy armored cavalry, only sharp swords and heavy forces such as the trapped camp and the tiger and leopard cavalry can compete with them and even win the battle. It."

"The heavy cavalry of the Guishuang Empire is composed of the Yuezhi people and the Yueshiized Sek people. Each has three horses. Even the men and the horses are dressed in heavy armor. In Middle Earth, this type of heavy cavalry is called the Riding equipment. Each of them is equipped with spears, long swords, and the kind of pointed hammer used to break armor. In Guishuang’s 200,000 army, the number of heavy cavalry is about 10,000. noble."

"Under the cover of heavy cavalry, there are special archers and rangers in Guishuang's army. Archers do not have helmets or even armor. They hide behind the heavy cavalry. The only weapon is the bow and waist. They don’t come into direct contact with the enemy forces, they just shoot their bows and arrows hundreds of steps away, shoot them diffusely, or shoot with precision. For them, flexibility and speed are the most important. They come and go like wind, with extreme speed. Quickly, if you miss a hit, you will travel thousands of miles away, which is very difficult to deal with."

"The rangers are the scouts of our army. They are equipped with helmets and breastplates. The helmets are metal and the breastplates are made of leather. They are about three layers of leather thick. The weapons are bows and scimitars, and a few have spears. The biggest difference between them and the Dahan cavalry is that they do not have stirrups! This defect makes them unable to shoot at the horse flexibly. It can be seen that the greatness of Da Sima is that the stirrup was invented, which completely freed the hands of the cavalry. This sentence is the original words of Conmandy."

"It should be noted that the capital of the Yue Clan in Bactria is the capital Lan Clan built by the Greeks in the past. The defense of this city is very tight. It has been besieged by the Seleucid army for two years and has not been breached. The people of the Yue family were able to win such a strong city, which undoubtedly shows that they have mastered the engineering technology, at least they have the siege equipment that can siege the city."

"The attachment of many Greek cities and the Greeks has made Hellenistic infantry and even heavy-armored infantry the main infantry of the Guishuang Empire. They are equipped with the muscular breastplate unique to the Greeks. Obviously, the accumulation of smelting technology and strong The financial resources enabled the Guishuang Empire to have its own luxurious equipment. Prairie-style helmets, Greek breastplates, Fergana-characteristic Zha armor, Iranian-style ring armor, and Indian-character forks all appeared in the Guishuang Empire’s army. Among them. There is no doubt that Guishuang’s infantry is divided into heavy infantry and light infantry. The armor of the heavy infantry is very thick and gorgeous, and the light infantry is slightly worse."

"The Guishuang Empire is undoubtedly open. This can be seen from the armor of the soldiers of the Empire. The heavy cavalry composed of the Yue family is undoubtedly the main force of the army. Although the number is small, they are the pillars of the army. A large number of them are the main force of the army. The Sek are unarmored archers, or rangers in light armor. The Greeks wear Greek-Roman style fish-scale armor, hold spears, wear short swords, and use Greek-falling horse style small ones. Bucklers. There are also some archers who are not armored. Their bows are very weak."

"A large number of infantry with Indian characteristics have also appeared in the imperial army. They are divided into heavy infantry and light infantry, and even the existence of Hindustan female soldiers. These believe that the infantry entered the military system of Guishuang relatively late, but It has become the main force of the Guishuang infantry. The number of Greek heavy infantry is too small, and the Seth are all cavalry, and the Indian infantry has come to the fore."

Old Sanjie finally finished speaking. Lu Zheng sat cross-legged in deep thought. How can he deal with Guishuang effectively?